The Sun's 2011 Orioles report card

By Baltimore Sun staff

Oct 02, 2011 | 10:04 AM

The

Orioles

spent the final weeks of the 2011 season making life tough on the wild-card contenders in the

American League

, which ranks as a small consolation prize after they spent the rest of the year making life tough on themselves and their fans. So, at the very last minute, because they put an apple on our desk, we're changing the team's final grade from an F to a D-. It's hard to cut them much more slack with the fourth-worst record of the 30 major league clubs.

Here's the rest of our annual report card, which rates the individual performance of every position player who got at least 75 at-bats and every pitcher who threw at least 15 innings for the Orioles over the course of the past six months.

DISCLAIMER:

These letter grades are based on performance relative to each individual's role on the Orioles' roster. The grades are not intended to rate players in relation to one another or players at their positions on other teams.

INFIELDERS, Key stat, Grade, Skinny

Ryan Adams

, .281 avg., C+, Orioles like the way he swings bat, so why are they sending Matt Angle to instructional league to work at second base?

Robert Andino

, 511 PA, B+, Didn't expect to be an everyday player but grabbed opportunity to win over manager